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Seeking Reviewers.

Just to state a fact, I don't really like going around and making posts like this.

Well, here it goes. Not many of you here know me very well, I try to post when I can but I always very busy with my own website. By looking in my signature you can clearly see what site it is, www.trancecritic.com It's a website that specifically deals with reviews. I wouldn't be putting myself out here like this is I didn't think this site wouldn't make it, we are comming up on our one year mark (yay!). I've been paying all the bills and keeping this thing moving, but I wouldn't be here if it wassn't for my volunteers. Which brings me to the point of this thread.

The site is growing now, we are patching a few things up currently with secruity, SEO (search engine optimization sp?), and the general look of the site. I've been getting in brand new content to go under the knife but the problem is that I don't have enough reviewers on hand and this that is why i'm posting this, to find more EDM fans whom would like to express their opinion on many variations of EDM, not just trance.

Let me tell you a little bit about our current writers. The lead writer, Sykonee(canada) (frequents this board), has been there sense the beginning. He has expressed interest in the project for many reasons but mainly because he loves the music. Our other man, System-J(England), who also frequents this board is a great writer. They break up and tell each other which reviews are going to get completed for the month and who is doing what - a true team effort.

So all in all we're basically looking for people who apprciate all forms of EDM (not saying you have to like all forms, but accept it for what it is) and have some writing skills. We like to express reasons for feeling the way we do about certain material, not just go off on a tangent flaming music that we don't like. Take a moment, visit the site, and read some reviews to get an idea of where were comming from.

feedback is always welcomed, constructive of course.

input, anyone?

Interesting review of Silence 2004. I must say that a release, whatever the reasons may be for that given release, it's not pointless. That previous remixes of the tune were already released before is not that important. This song is a great one. So it's always going to sell. Can't be mad at Nettwerk for wanting to make many off of it. Let me put it this way: If Nettwerk released another compilation with remixes by DJ Sammy, DJ Mystik, Scooter and DJ Venom, among others, I'd be the first to buy it. That's just how good this tune is.

Plus, this compilation would be a good buy for any person who doesn't already have all those versions.

Good luck with the site.

Thanks for the input ierxium. It's always nice to hear some type of feedback after putting in all the hard work. If you disagree with the given review that posted on our website, write your own - maybe even a rebuttle (interesting) and we'll post it. In the future as we get more writers on staff and more reviews written, i've thrown up the idea about having one released reviewed by more then just one person. To give each writer their own identity.

As of right now I do have 1 potiental who PM'ed me. While not a "full" time writer, every little bit counts of course.

I love to write reviews but I havn't had experience doing it on a track to track basis. If you want to read a few reviews that I've written let me know and I'd be glad to write regular reviews for your site on almost anything .

Thats great, i'd love to see samples. In the future we'd also like to review radio stations and live events all over the world (assuming we have people in the area).

We'd also need news people who can keep up with whats new in the EDM scene. There's so much potiental to create a bangin' site

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Originally posted by DreamTitan Thats great, i'd love to see samples. In the future we'd also like to review radio stations and live events all over the world (assuming we have people in the area). We'd also need news people who can keep up with whats new in the EDM scene. There's so much potiental to create a bangin' site

Edit.

Also if you look at the reviews, that all not done entirely on a track by track basis. I believe in giving the reviewer the freedom to choose their own style of review and their own word count. We also try to put in a little humor and history into each review, so its kinda informational at the same time as an opinion on the given material.

Alright, got 2 potiental's. Is there anyone who might be interested in becomming apart of the writing team?

I could.... but i can't gaurantee quality nor accuracy in my reviews although i do like to give opinions

Your opinions are never wrong. Why don't you read some of the reviews that are posted on this site to get a feel for what type of material were trying to bring to the table, then type something up yourself to see how it comes out.

Generally, we usually like to throw in some artist history, trance history, humor, and/or some other general information. This makes the reviews a bit unique as well as educates some of the newbs who might find their way to TranceCritic.com

One of the objectives to my site is to help turn people on to the music and inform them about the culture and/or past or present artists. It's better then having a whole bunch of newbs running around not knowing what their talking about.

pretty good, just that the forum looks like a software package. anybody who's everybody can download and have their own forum. thats just what it looks like to me. overall good site. ill join.

EDIT:: when registering, i can barely read the text for what to put in the box. black on dark blue is a bad combination.

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Originally posted by DreamTitan Your opinions are never wrong. Why don't you read some of the reviews that are posted on this site to get a feel for what type of material were trying to bring to the table, then type something up yourself to see how it comes out. Generally, we usually like to throw in some artist history, trance history, humor, and/or some other general information. This makes the reviews a bit unique as well as educates some of the newbs who might find their way to TranceCritic.com One of the objectives to my site is to help turn people on to the music and inform them about the culture and/or past or present artists. It's better then having a whole bunch of newbs running around not knowing what their talking about.

alright cool.... so like... would you be down if i just did a review of some trance CD i had and then if it comes out cool i'll send it to your or what?

Well first i'd like to read a "sample" to get an idea of your writing skills. We have to have some standard and i'm sure you can tell that our reviews are a bit more extensive then some other reviews on other websites. You can go to the website, sign up, and post a sample review in the forums.

After that you can post reviews and they'll be accepted by Sykonee (lead writer) and published on the site.

In the mean time, if anyone knows someone who might be interested in writing reviews just please send them to this thread. Much apprciated.

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After that you can post reviews and they'll be accepted by Sykonee (lead writer) and published on the site.

I suppose I should let folks know what I'm after:

- No capsule reviews. If people wanted that, they could go to Amazon.com. We are after something more lengthy and detailed. Mini-essays, so to speak.

- Wit. A mini-essay can be very boring to read if it doesn't engage the reader.

- Music knowledge. It isn't enough to just be a fan of one particular style of music to write about it. You should also know the history of that field of music, and influences drawn from other forms of music. After all, the last thing I'd want to do is point out a melody a review finds original is actually a sample from something ages ago.

I sell wit.

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Originally posted by ierxium I sell wit.

Many people can, the question is can you write?

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Originally posted by DreamTitan Many people can, the question is can you write?

*raises hand*

ooo ooo i can!

I owe my acceptance into college on my writing skills. Had it not been for the wicked application essay i wrote, my "1.7 GPA" ass would have been rejected. And unless I really put effort into other assignments, essays and writing projects are the only thing i can get A's on. Yes, I am still in High School (in case you were wondering.)

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Originally posted by ierxium Interesting review of Silence 2004. I must say that a release, whatever the reasons may be for that given release, it's not pointless. That previous remixes of the tune were already released before is not that important. This song is a great one. So it's always going to sell. Can't be mad at Nettwerk for wanting to make many off of it. Let me put it this way: If Nettwerk released another compilation with remixes by DJ Sammy, DJ Mystik, Scooter and DJ Venom, among others, I'd be the first to buy it. That's just how good this tune is. Plus, this compilation would be a good buy for any person who doesn't already have all those versions. Good luck with the site.

Well, you could always buy the 2000 release which has the best versions on the track. I wouldn't be so cynical if all the new mixes were full length.

Of course, the beauty of writing for a site is you have your own soapbox to state your opinions, and you have the freedom to review what you want. And if you aren't confident of your writing, send us a review because you could be wrong about yourself.

and system-j, regarding your review of silence, listen to the full fade remix of the silence, the butcheration of the full remix into an edit was very unnecessary, and yes, it's a laidback progressive trance remix and also in my opinion the best version bar the original, sure tiesto's remix is a good epic take on it, but it doesn't beat the beauty of the fade remix.

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Originally posted by montana and system-j, regarding your review of silence, listen to the full fade remix of the silence, the butcheration of the full remix into an edit was very unnecessary, and yes, it's a laidback progressive trance remix and also in my opinion the best version bar the original, sure tiesto's remix is a good epic take on it, but it doesn't beat the beauty of the fade remix.

Well I haven't heard the full Fade mix, and the edit didn't impress. It isn't really fair to review something based on a version not on the record in question, though.

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Originally posted by DreamTitan Many people can, the question is can you write?

My writing is decent.

Time is an issue though, specially right now with the end of the school year.

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Originally posted by D-res *raises hand* ooo ooo i can! I owe my acceptance into college on my writing skills. Had it not been for the wicked application essay i wrote, my "1.7 GPA" ass would have been rejected. And unless I really put effort into other assignments, essays and writing projects are the only thing i can get A's on. Yes, I am still in High School (in case you were wondering.)

Well if your interested, then by all means send a sample review to me & Sykonee when you have the time. You might also might want to go to the homepage and sign up, so you could post reviews of course.

You can just post them to the forums like Blue. has done.

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Originally posted by montana and system-j, regarding your review of silence, listen to the full fade remix of the silence, the butcheration of the full remix into an edit was very unnecessary, and yes, it's a laidback progressive trance remix and also in my opinion the best version bar the original, sure tiesto's remix is a good epic take on it, but it doesn't beat the beauty of the fade remix.

We respect your views and your opinion, thats the beauty of something like music, despite what anyone says about a particular song, you can still draw your own opinion about it.

Now all we need are the reasons why you feel the way you do.

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Originally posted by ierxium My writing is decent. Time is an issue though, specially right now with the end of the school year.

Yes I know how you feel. Most of my staff are stuck with exams like myself. However, once we get through this "dry" stage, I really think that the site is going to blow up this summer with everyone having a bit of extra free time. However, we shall see. In the 4 short months that the site has been online we've made considerable progress, i'm crossing my fingers to not only have progress continue, but go faster.

Well once your exams are finished and you think your up to it, try to drop us a line and see what kind of reviews you can churn up. As always, we're always looking for more qualified reviewers.

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Originally posted by DreamTitan Now all we need are the reasons why you feel the way you do.

why, hmm, simple answer for a simple question. a good review is an objective review. i'm not saying (well ok, i may have forced my choice of preference in my earlier post) that he must like the remix, but all i'm saying is listen to the full version before casting a judgement.

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